The Southwestern Middle School Student Council recently completed two initiatives to promote positivity within the school community. Following a schoolwide candy-gram sale, students voted to donate the proceeds to Lakewood Kitten Rescue, supporting a local organization dedicated to animal care. ...

Tucker Calimeri, sixth grade, has been chosen as Falconer Middle School Student of the Month for March. Tucker’s hobbies include football, wrestling and playing board games. He is a member of the Hammerhead Wrestling Club and his favorite subject is math. In his spare time, he enjoys ...

Recent data from the Energy Information Administration and Empire Center for Public Policy show New York’s average residential electricity prices at 29.99 cents per kilowatt hour. This is 70 percent higher than the U.S. average of 17.6 cents per kilowatt hour, and 50 percent higher than in ...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy sent a letter to Speaker Mike Johnson on Monday urging the immediate consideration of the Department of Homeland Security funding measure that passed the Senate unanimously last month. Following his arrival to Washington this week, he held a Zoom press conference ...

A union has filed an appeal of an arbitration decision that went against former city of Dunkirk employee Kim Robbins. Robbins was a legal secretary who was told on Jan. 6, 2025, that she was getting laid off. The American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees filed a grievance, ...

A 24-year-old is facing charges after fleeing police early Saturday. Joseph I. Chadwick was charged with third-degree unlawful fleeing of a police officer in a motor vehicle, second-degree aggravated unlicensed operation, having a felony arrest warrant and other traffic tickets. At ...